Somalia Says The UAE Wants Somalia To Join The Yemen War

Middle East Monitor: Somalia rejects ‘ridiculous’ UAE incentive to join Yemen war

The UAE allegedly offered to reopen the Sheikh Zayed Hospital in the Somali capital Mogadishu on the condition Somalia take part in the war in Yemen.

Somalia has rejected as “ridiculous” an offer made by the UAE for the African state to join the war in Yemen in return for financial incentives, the country’s foreign minister has revealed.

According to Somalia News, the UAE offered to reopen the Sheikh Zayed Hospital in the Somali capital Mogadishu on the condition Somalia take part in the war in Yemen, while officially claiming the Socotra archipelago as Somali territory. The Emirati-run Sheikh Zayed Hospital offered free healthcare to Somali citizens until it was closed by the UAE in 2018, as part of a diplomatic row between Abu Dhabi and Mogadishu.

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Update: Somalia rejects ‘ridiculous’ UAE incentive to join Yemen war (Somaliland)

WNU Editor: The last thing that Somalia needs right now is to get involved in the Yemen war.

22 U.A.E. Soldiers Killed While Serving With Saudi-Led Coalition Forces In Yemen

BBC

Wall Street Journal: U.A.E. Says 22 Military Personnel Killed Since Joining Saudi-led Coalition

Men died as part of bid to defeat Iran-backed rebels in Yemen, military officials said

The United Arab Emirates has lost 22 military personnel since it joined a Saudi Arabia-led coalition to defeat Iran-backed rebels in Yemen, military officials said Friday, as the battle widens from an air campaign to fighting on the ground.

The men died while “performing their national duty,” officials from the U.A.E.’s military headquarters said, in a statement on state-controlled news agency WAM. It didn’t disclose how the soldiers had died; nor when or where the deaths occurred.

More News On Reports That 22 U.A.E. Soldiers Were Killed While Serving With Saudi-Led Coalition Forces In Yemen

UAE says 22 soldiers killed in Yemen - WAM -- Reuters
Yemen crisis: UAE soldiers 'killed by blasts at camp' -- BBC
UAE says 22 Emirati soldiers killed in Yemen -- Al Jazeera
22 Emirati Troops in Saudi-Led Coalition Killed in Yemen -- AP
Yemen Conflict: 22 Emirati Soldiers Killed While Serving With Saudi-Led Coalition Forces -- IBTimes
22 UAE servicemen die in Yemen -- The National
U.A.E. Says 22 Troops Fighting for Coalition Killed in Yemen -- Bloomberg

Why Did The United Arab Emirates Refuse To Let A British Nuclear Submarine To Dock

The submarine HMS Tireless is seen in the Artic in Ministry of Defence March 21, 2007

Why Did United Arab Emirates Refuse To Let British Nuclear Submarine Dock (To Fury Of Crew’s Families Who Had To Go To India To See Them)? -- Daily Mail

* HMS Tireless spent a week in international waters while it sought permission to dock
* Ministry of Defence officials have not revealed the reason for the snub
* Diversion meant heartbreak for families who had travelled to the Arabian Gulf hoping to see crew members for the first time in months

One of the Royal Navy's nuclear submarines was forced into a 2,000-mile detour when it was mysteriously refused entry into the United Arab Emirates.

HMS Tireless spent a week in international waters while it sought permission to dock before deciding to divert to Goa in India.

Ministry of Defence officials have not revealed the reason for the snub but insist there was never any safety issue.

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My Comment: The Brits must have really peeved off someone big time in the UAE.

UAE Desert Force Is Being Set Up By Blackwater’s Founder Erik Prince

Secret UAE Desert Force Set Up By Blackwater’s Founder -- MSNBC/New York Times

Documents show 800-strong mercenary force is aimed at UAE's external — and internal — foes.

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Late one night last November, a plane carrying dozens of Colombian men touched down in this glittering seaside capital. Whisked through customs by an Emirati intelligence officer, the group boarded an unmarked bus and drove roughly 20 miles to a windswept military complex in the desert sand.

The Colombians had entered the United Arab Emirates posing as construction workers. In fact, they were soldiers for a secret American-led mercenary army being built by Erik Prince, the billionaire founder of Blackwater Worldwide, with $529 million from the oil-soaked sheikdom.

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My Comment: The UAE is a sovereign state .... and they can do what they want. The fact that they contracted the establishment of a military force from individuals like Blackwater Worldwide founder Erik Prince is their business, and as long as Erik Prince does not break US law (which he is not), they are free to do what they want.